IFSM esale e le setho ho tloha 1976.
The International Federation of Societies for Microscopy e thehiloe ke ICSU ka 1951 e le Komisi e Kopaneng ea Electron Microscopy. E ile ea e-ba mokhatlo o ikemetseng, ka sepheo sa ho ntšetsa pele tšebelisano-’moho ea machaba pakeng tsa li-microscopist, ka 1955. Mokhatlo ona o na le Likomiti tsa Libaka tse tharo, Mekhatlo ea Litho tsa naha tse 38, le Mekhatlo e Kopanetsoeng ea naha e 6.
